Systems Integration Testing Engineer

About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extends to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face.

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Program Overview

Peraton is the prime contractor for an IC customer on a program which includes support to a Test Center mission, test tool automation & development, and image quality services.

About The Role

We are seeking a motivated product quality SYSTEM ENGINEER to support the planning, test development, data definition, and task execution for new and existing products within the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG).

• Write clear test plans to satisfy the test objective.
• Work with a team of image scientists, image analysts, photogrammetrists, and statisticians to perform specific tasks, track issues, and clearly communicate status and results to multiple stakeholders.
• The mission spans many data providers and sensor phenomenology's including electrical-optical, RADAR, LIDAR, OPIR, motion, multi- and hyper-spectral.
• We work to verify and validate product visual quality, as well as the accuracy of the support data.
• The qualified candidate should have experience with test design to verify and validate products against requirements to meet planned concept of operations.
• The ideal candidate will have image science or imagery analysis experience or knowledge ready to apply to the challenges of the group.
• Good written and verbal communication and teamwork are critical.

Qualifications

• Must have a minimum of a Top Secret clearance and willing to upgrade clearance to TS/SCI and pass a polygraph within 30 days of employment or at customers request- Contract requires TS/SCI with poly.
• Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in System Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Software Engineering, or a related Science or Engineering.
• 8 years of system engineering experience with a Bachelor's degree or 6 years of experience with a Master's degree to include independent testing and data verification, requirements, and development of concept of operations.
• Experience with sensor imaging systems, products, and exploitation processes.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, with emphasis on briefing to obtain decisions and solve technical issues and test plans/reports writing.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Willingness to learn, solve problems and perform in a dynamic work environment.

Preferred Skillset

• Experience in remote sensing phenomenologies (for example EO/IR/SAR)
• Knowledge of NSG tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination (TCPED) image chain
• Experience with product quality assessments, visual or metadata assessments

Details Target Salary Range

$112,000 - $179,000.

Benefits Statement

Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.

Application Statements

The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.